New York Mets fans expressed their frustration aimed at David Stearns' direction after he gave the latest in regards to Pete Alonso's contract negotiations.

In Steve Cohen's 'brutally honest" assessment, he expressed his displeasure with the way discussions have gone with Pete Alonso's camp.

New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns and owner Steve Cohen discussed the team's "exhausting" negotiations with free agent Pete Alonso. Stearns emphasized the Mets love for Alonso,

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, top baseball operations executive David Stearns, and manager Carlos Mendoza held a forum during the team's fan fest event on Saturday. Predictably, the group was met with "We want Pete" chants from onlookers hoping to persuade the braintrust into entering a new agreement with longtime first baseman and current free agent Pete Alonso.

Talks between the Mets and Pete Alonso's agents at the Boras Corporation seemingly hit an impasse last week, as reports

This was a recurring theme throughout SNY broadcaster Gary Cohen’s conversation with the Mets’ leadership. Later, after Stearns repeated how much the team loves Alonso, their homegrown, free agent first baseman, Stearns expressed that they “also feel really good about the young players that are coming through (the) system.”

Mets owner Steve Cohen got real on the failed negotiation talks with free agent !B and former Met Pete Alonso.

As New York Mets fans chanted “We Want Pete,” team owner Steve Cohen addressed the negotiations with free agent Pete Alonso.

Many Mets fans attempted to send a message to the front office about Pete Alonso. The front office redirected the message to Scott Boras.

So, beyond revealing an exhaustion from negotiating with Alonso’s camp, Cohen’s comments confirmed a couple of other matters. One, in a world without Alonso returning to Flushing, the Mets may add more pieces. Two, the Mets are at least acting like they care about how much they spend.

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen acknowledged Saturday that the team could be moving toward a future without Pete Alonso at first base. Cohen acknowledged

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen was transparent with the Mets' fan base chanting for Pete Alonso to be re-signed, saying contract talks have been worse than Juan Soto's.